Americana News

A sentimental ballad inspired by a mother’s real-life grief won Song of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards and finally gave an Americana...

The two-concert all-star extravaganza scheduled at the Hollywood Bowl to mark Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday in late April begs the...

Popular music has lost one of its most colourful characters – certainly of the Rock ‘n Roll era – with the death on January 18 of David...

Legendary singer-songwriter Steve Earle strode onto the stage of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on January 4, 2023 - what would have...

While the year marked the global return of live shows and tours, it was the passing of a legendary singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn, and...

The Country Music Association (CMA) Awards were celebrated in true country style in Nashville on November 8, with somewhat predictable...

Among the various Bob Dylan compilation lists on Spotify, there is one titled All Bob Dylan Albums. The duration is 63 hours and 17...

The year 2022 has not been kind to the state of Kentucky which could claim to be the home of American roots music. In late July, Eastern...

As the music world reacts to the death of the Queen of Country Loretta Lynn, at the age of 90, most of the headlines will no doubt...

There is no one more fitting to receive a distinguished music award than Buddy Miller and there is no more appropriate manner for him to...

Trying to define the distinction between Country and Americana music is - to quote a famous pop song - a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up...

There’s an old adage, often heard in music studios, which goes something like: “Behind every good songwriter is … someone else’s song.”...

There is no better tribute to a lost recording artist than in song, especially when that tribute emulates all that the legend left...

Acclaimed Australian Indigenous singer-songwriter Archie Roach has died, leaving behind a legacy of being the writer of some of the...

Canadian Tami Neilson may have followed her heart to New Zealand - in the outer parts of the hemisphere - nearly 20 years ago, but her...

The Tuning Fork is an oddly-named roots music venue in downtown Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. It is a pretty unassuming bar which...

Molly Tuttle is fast emerging as one of the greatest guitar pickers of her generation – cemented by the huge popularity of her first...

It may have taken 50-odd years, but perhaps the greatest interpreters of roots music have finally put their innovative skills to the...

Archival live recordings released as albums are, to use an old expression, two-a-penny - especially in these days of streamed music...

Lyle Lovett has produced his first new music in 10 years with the release of 12th of June – a genre-fusion of country, jazz, blues and...